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Russian test fire of intercontinental missile failed: reports
[December 23, 2008]

Russian test fire of intercontinental missile failed: reports


MOSCOW, Dec 23, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
A new type of intercontinental
ballistic missile failed to pass its test fire on Tuesday, Russian
media reported, citing defense industry sources.
"The missile self-destructed in air after it was launched from
the Dmitry Donskoi nuclear powered submarine," the Interfax news
agency quoted the anonymous source as saying.
A failure occurred in the third stage of the submarine-based
missile, which prompted its self-destruction, he said, noting that
no one was injured and there was no damage caused by the failure.



So far, there have been seven test launches of the Bulava,
which is expected to be put in service next year, but four of them
failed, Interfax said.
Bulava, which can carry ten nuclear warheads to a maximum
distance of 8,000 km, is to be the main weapon of Russian Navy's
latest Project 955 (Borei-class) submarines.

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